Medical acceptance of the nurse practitioner role in Australia: A decade on

Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 152-159

  Maclellan, Lorna ^a   Higgins, Isabel ^a   Levett Jones, Tracy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Nurse practitioners; Qualitative; Transition; medical

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84923867146     PISSN: 23276886     EISSN: 23276924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2327-6924.12141     Document Type: Article

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